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Tonight: Obama Victory Party in Queens |
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Written by Tracey Denton
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Tuesday, 18 November 2008 |
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Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time: 7:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Mezzo Mezzo, 31-29 Ditmars Blvd
Subway: N/W to Ditmars Blvd - Astoria
A message from DFNYC's Steve Behar:
WE DID IT! Now we need to celebrate!
Thanks to millions of grassroots volunteers like you, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will our next President and Vice President. We had meetings, we opened a campaign office, we had voter registration drives, we hosted debate watch parties and we sent so many people to Pennsylvania in each of the last SIX weekends before Election Day! I salute each of you for a job well done! WE TOOK BACK OUR COUNTRY!!!
Please join Northeast Queens for Obama, Astorians for Obama, Queens County Young Democrats, Democracy for NYC, Democrats for New Politics and the St. John's University College Democrats as we celebrate President-elect Barack Obama's victory.
This will be an opportunity to get together with other grassroots activists and celebrate our hard work and victory.
**We will also be collecting cans of food for distribution to local food pantries that night. Any donations of canned food would be greatly appreciated**.
Bring your friends. All are welcome. Cash bar.
Tuesday, November 18 from 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Mezzo Mezzo (Astoria, NY)
31-29 Ditmars Blvd
Astoria, NY 11105
I hope to see you all!!
Steve |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 November 2008 )
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Protest Proposition 8 and Demand Marriage Equality |
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Written by Bernadette Evangelist
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Friday, 14 November 2008 |
Join Democracy for NYC in demanding Marriage Equality at City Hall, NYC
Tomorrow! (Saturday) Protest Proposition 8 and Demand Marriage Equality, 1:30-4:30pm
Stop a marriage referendum in NY: Malcolm Smith for Majority Leader
Time: Saturday, November 15, 2008, from 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Location: New York City Hall (260 Broadway, NYC)
On Saturday, November 15th, people will convene on the steps of city halls nationwide to Protest Proposition 8 and to demand marriage equality. At the same time we are protesting in New York, they will be protesting in Chicago, Los Angeles, and everywhere in between.
Come. Bring your friends. And don't just protest Proposition 8. Support Malcolm Smith for Senate Majority Leader and protest Senators Carl Kruger, Rubén Díaz, Sr. and Pedro Espada, Jr., and their threat to caucus with Republicans to stop gay marriage in New York. Protest their plans to bring an anti-gay marriage referendum to New York. Make sure politicians know that if they stand with us, they have a massive community that will support them, but if they cross our community, we will hold them accountable.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 14 November 2008 )
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RALLY FOR NATIONAL SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE |
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Written by Josh Silverstein
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Tuesday, 11 November 2008 |
RALLY FOR NATIONAL SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE
When:Thursday, November 13th, 4pm
Where: Starting at 42nd Street at 7th Avenue
Demonstrate in NYC to demand the end of the private health insurance industry and to call for a national single-payer healthcare system that would guarantee health care for all.
---Rally begins at 4pm, at 42nd St. and 7th Ave., with speakers & music
---At 5pm, march to GHI insurance headquarters at 34th St. and 9th Ave.
Organized by the Private Health Insurance Must Go Coalition, a citywide coalition of over two dozen activist groups.
To read more about the need for (and growing movement for) a national, single-payer health care system, check out www.healthcare-now.org, www.phimg.org, or the new book, 10 Excellent Reasons for National Health Care, edited by Mary O'Brien and Martha Livingston, with an introduction by Rep. John Conyers
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 November 2008 )
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Written by Bernadette Evangelist
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
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Term Limits: The fight continues
As you've probably heard by now, New York City Council voted to extend term limits for city
officials. The controversial vote, which has been heavily criticized by Democracy for NYC and other good
government groups, reverses two referendums approved by voters in the
1990's.
“We’re all gearing up for a herculean fight,” said Norman Siegel, a
civil liberties lawyer. Last week, he and 16 other lawyers and
academics met at a law firm in downtown Manhattan to brainstorm, debate
and define the best legal strategy to fight the term limits change.
Already, two lawsuits challenging the decision have been filed. They charge that the City Council's vote violates conflict of interest laws and represents a breach of voters' civil rights and due-process rights. Prior to the bill's passage, two-thirds of the current City Council members, four borough presidents, the comptroller, public advocate and mayor were slated to lose their seats at the end of 2009.
Among the many affected by this action are more than 150 declared candidates for City Council and other municipal offices in 2009. Many of these individuals have already invested significant time and financial resources in preparation for these previously open races.
Democracy for NYC members overwhelmingly opposed this action by the City Council to legislate and overturn of the people's decision. Plans are underway to join this fight to restore democracy to NYC.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 October 2008 )
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Council Members Vote on Term Limits |
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Written by Bernadette Evangelist
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
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How They Voted: Council Members Tackle Term Limit Bill
As reported by the NY1 News
Here is how each member of the City Council voted Thursday, October 23,
on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bill to extend term limits for elected
officials from two terms to three.
The measure passed by a vote of 29 in favor to 22 opposed. Passage required a simple majority of 26 of the 51 councilmembers.
On the left is NY1's tally in the days leading up to the vote, while on
the right are the votes themselves. Two councilmembers who initially
said they would vote against the measure ended up supporting it.
Thirty-five members (designated with an asterisk) would have been term-limited out of office in 2010 had the measure not passed.
| COUNCILMEMBER |
NY1 TALLY |
COUNCIL VOTE |
| *Joseph Addabbo |
No |
No |
| Maria del Carmen Arroyo |
Undecided |
Yes |
| *Tony Avella |
No |
No |
| *Maria Baez |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Charles Barron |
No |
No |
| *Gail Brewer |
Undecided |
No |
| Anthony Como |
No |
No |
| *Leroy Comrie |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Bill de Blasio |
No |
No |
| Inez Dickens |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Erik Martin Dilan |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mathieu Eugene |
No |
No |
| *Simcha Felder |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Lewis Fidler |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Helen Foster |
Undecided |
Yes |
| Daniel Garodnick |
No |
No |
| *James Gennaro |
No |
No |
| Vincent Gentile |
No |
No |
| *Alan Gerson |
Undecided |
Yes |
| *Eric Gioia |
No |
No |
| Sara Gonzalez |
Yes |
Yes |
| Vincent Ignizio |
No |
No |
| *Robert Jackson |
Yes |
Yes |
| Letitia James |
No |
No |
| *Melinda Katz |
Yes |
Yes |
| *G. Oliver Koppell |
Yes |
Yes |
| Jessica Lappin |
No |
No |
| *John Liu |
No |
No |
| Melissa Mark-Viverito |
No |
No |
| *Miguel Martinez |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Michael McMahon |
No |
No |
| Darlene Mealy |
No |
Yes |
| Rosie Mendez |
No |
No |
| *Hiram Monserrate |
No |
No |
| *Michael Nelson |
Yes |
Yes |
| *James Oddo |
No |
No |
| Annabel Palma |
No |
No |
| *Christine Quinn |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Domenic Recchia |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Diana Reyna |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Joel Rivera |
Yes |
Yes |
| *James Sanders |
Undecided |
Yes |
| *Larry Seabrook |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Helen Sears |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Kendall Stewart |
Yes |
Yes |
| James Vacca |
No |
Yes
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| *Al Vann |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Peter Vallone, Jr |
Yes |
Yes |
| *David Weprin |
No |
No |
| Tom White |
Undecided |
Yes |
| *David Yassky |
Undecided |
Yes |
* Would have been term-limited out of office in 2010 had the measure not passed.
NOTE: Councilmembers James Vacca and Darlene Mealy switched their position from "No" to "Yes" prior to voting.
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